Mask

·noun A screen for a battery.

II. Mask ·add. ·noun The head or face of a fox.

III. Mask ·vi To take part as a masker in a masquerade.

IV. Mask ·vi To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.

V. Mask ·noun That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.

VI. Mask ·add. ·noun A person wearing a mask; a masker.

VII. Mask ·noun In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.

VIII. Mask ·vt To Conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.

IX. Mask ·noun The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.

X. Mask ·vt To Disguise; to Cover; to Hide.

XI. Mask ·vt To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.

XII. Mask ·noun A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.

XIII. Mask ·noun A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

XIV. Mask ·noun A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show.

XV. Mask ·vt To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out.

XVI. Mask ·noun A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like;

— called also mascaron.